Bung faucet



June 11, 1935. A. FERRARI ET AL I 2,004,860

BUNG FAUCET Filed March 6, 1955 A. Fefrarzl M 50 alione C. Rafiaiwllzl Patented June 11, 1935 I I '3 1 I I l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE? j BUNG FAUCET A beleFerrari, Mario .Scalione, and Cesare Rafanelli, Healdsburg, Calif.

Application March 6, 1935, SerialNo. 9,676

1 Claim. (01. 251-50) This invention relates to a faucet of the end of which is exte'riorly screw threaded as type known as a hung faucet and while it is shown at 6, to engage with a hose or the like. especially adapted for usein connection with wine Arranged in axial alinement with the bung tanks, it is to be understood that it can be used to portion I is an interiorly screw threaded recess I advantage with other structures. extending into the spout 5 from the front portion It is an object of the invention to provide a thereof. The inner end or wall of this recess faucet which can be screwed readily into the tank has an opening 3 therein while the outer end is or other structure from which fluid is to be adapted to receive a screw threaded cup 9 also drawn, the valve of the faucet being located provided with an opening I0. This cup has an 1 where it will be supported inside of the container annular angu ar flange I I constituting a nut and and will be normally seated against the inner end a tubular boss or extension I2 projects from the of the faucet thereby to seal it. flange, the opening therein coinciding with the A furtherobject is to provide simple and efiirecess in the cup 9. cient means operable from a point adjacent the A packing disk I3 or the like is adapted to be discharge end of the faucet for unseating the seated in recess I between the inner end thereof valve. and the adjacent end of the cup 9 so as to co- Another object is to provide simple means for operate with these parts to form a-packing. regulating the movement of the valve by its oper- A spider I4 is formed within the bung portion ating means, I and has a threaded opening I5 in axial aline- A further object is to provide a hung faucet ment with said bung portion. In this opening which is simple and compact in construction, s engaged the threaded portion I6 of a valve stem 2 will not readily get out of order, and which can be This Stem is slidably mounted n the penapplied easily. ings 8 and It and is surrounded by the packing With the foregoing and other objects in view 3- One end of the stem has a round head [a which will appear as the description proceeds, the seated within a boss I9 which is concentrically invention consists of certain novel details of conformed on one face of a disk 29 constituting the 25 struction and combinations of parts hereinafter valve of the faucet. This'disk is of such diameter more fully described and pointed out in the as to bear against the seat 3 when the valve is claim, it being understood that changes may be closed. A tubular nut 2I is screwed into the boss made in the construction and arrangement of Sand laps the head I8 so that the valve is thus parts without departing from the spirit of the inheld securely to the stem I! but said stem is free vention as claimed. to rotate independently of the valve.

In the accompanying drawing the preferred The other end of the stem is screw threaded as form of the invention has been shown. shown at 22 and projects into the cup 9 and its In said drawing extension I2. On this screw threaded portion is Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section mounted a nut 23 which is adjustable therealong 35 through the bung faucet in engagement with a so as to limit the sliding movement of th stem,

tank, a portion of which has been shown. The periphery of the nut is spaced from the wall Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1. r of the recess 9 so that a suitable socket wrench Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Figure 1. such as shown at 24 in Figure l can thus be in- Figure 4 is a perspective view of a key which serted into the extension I2 and cup 8 so as to 0 can be employ for j ing the valve. engage the nut 23 and rotate it.

R fe t the figures by characters of refer- The end portion of the stem 11 can be made once, I des the tapered d portion of the angular in cross section as indicated at 25 so. as bung faucet which is provided on its outer face to be detachably engaged by the recess end 26 of with a screw thread 2 designed for engaging the a stem ZI extending from a hand wheel 28 or the wall of a wooden tank T such as used for holding like. wine. The small end of this tapered portion con- Normally the valve 29 is pressed against the stitutes a valve seat 3 while the large end of the seat 3 so as to seal it, said valve being held in tapered portion has an angular annular flange 4 this position by the stem II which is-in screw constituting a nut whereby the bung portion 'I threaded engagement with the spider I4. While can be screwed readily into an opening 0 prothe hand wheel is out of position, key 24 can be vided therefor; inserted into engagement with nut 23. This nut The other end portion of the device is curved can be screwed against the inner end of the cup downwardly to provide an outlet spout 5 the free 9 to lock the stem against sliding movement or it 55 can be adjusted away from the inner end of the cup to permit a limited movement of the valve stem. In the drawing it has been shown in this last-mentioned position.

When it is desired to open the valve the hand wheel is placed with its stem 21 in engagement with the angular end 25 of stem IT. The wheel is then rotated in one direction so as to rotate stem l1 and cause the screw IE to feed the stem longitudinally and push valve 20 away from its seat; The threads I 6 can be pitched so as to produce a quick unseating of the valve. It will be understood, however, that the movement of the valve will be limited by the nut 23.

As the valve has a swivel connection with its stem it will be apparent that afterthevalvetouches its seat it will not rotate thereon but-will be pulled tightly thereagainst bythe rotating stem.

What is claimed is:

A bung faucet including, a tapered screw threaded bung portion one end of which constitutes a valve seat, there being a spout extending from the other faucet end portion, said spout having a recess in the wall thereof in axial alinement with the bung portion, a cup adjustably seated in the recess, packing material interposed between the cup and the inner end of the recess, a screw threaded stem, means in the bung portion for supporting the stem and feeding it longitudinally when'the stem is'rotated, a valve carried by one end of the stem and'movable against the seat, means within the cup and ade Justable on the other end of the stem for limiting .1 the longitudinal movement of the stem, and

means detachably mounted in the cup for engagin andactuating the stem.

ABELE FERRARI.

MARIO SCALIONE. CESARE RAFANELLI. 

